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Accepted Manuscript: Structure and magnetic properties of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁—A new phase with the La₃Al₁₁ structure type

Title: Structure and magnetic properties of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁—A new phase with the La₃Al₁₁ structure type

Single crystals of Ce₃(Ni/Al/Ga)₁₁ were obtained from an Al flux reaction. Single crystals of the title compound crystallizing in the orthorhombic space group Immm (No. 71, Z = 2) with a = 436.38(14), b = 1004.5(3) and c = 1293.4(4) pm. This is a standardized unit cell of the previously published La₃Al₁₁ structure type. Wavelength dispersive microprobe provides the composition of Ce₃.₁₁₍₁₎Ni₀.₀₃₍₁₎Al₈.₉₅₍₁₎Ga₁.₉₀₍₁₎. Single crystal refinement provides the composition Ce₃Ni₀.₀₈Al₉.₁₃Ga₁.₇₈ with substitution of the Ni and Ga on the Al1 and Al4 sites with the Al2 and Al3 solely occupied by Al. Magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal antiferromagnetic ordering with TN = 4.8 K and there is no evidence for a ferromagnetic ordering that has been reported for Ce₃Al₁₁. The effective magnetic moment was found to be μeff = 1.9μB/Ce, which is lower than the expected value for trivalent Ce (2.54μB/Ce).